We have the typical for Sony Timescape UX in the Xperia SL layed over Android 4.0 ICS, and offering the recognizable multimedia widgets for controlling your music, pictures and video collection, as well as the Timescape feed one which integrates your social networking updates in one on your homescreen. The “Facebook inside Xperia” functionality is also present, and integrates your friends into your contacts list, your Facebook photos in your Album gallery app, and so on.

The connectivity switch widget has been slightly overhauled to rotate and become bigger when you tap on it, allowing you to easily select which radio to turn on/off. There is a Power Saver widget as well, for easy access to tweak the saving mode that automatically kicks in when your battery falls below 25%. You can time it now as well, telling it to come on when you go to bed, and exit Power Saver when you wake up, for instance.

We have the typical for Sony Timescape UX in the Xperia SL layed over Android 4.0 ICS

The on-screen keyboard that pops up when you are trying to write a message is well-spaced, and functional, there is text prediction and Swype-like functionality built-in.

On-screen keyboard

As for apps, Sony has provided a few to enhance the communication with its own ecosystem, like the Media Remote, which works with Bravia TVs and Sony Blu-ray players, as well as the PlayNow media service.

Media Remote

Processor and Memory:

The Xperia SL, which sports 1GB of RAM, utilizes a 1.7GHz dual-core Snapdragon S3 with Adreno 220 GPU to move the UI with its transitional animations and transparent backgrounds, and it does the job fine, despite being last year's tech.

Internal memory is 32GB, which is good, since we don't have a microSD card slot for its expansion. Out of those we have 2GB for installing apps, and 25.8GB user-available memory for your files.

Quadrant Standard

AnTuTu

NenaMark 2

Sony Xperia SL

3218

7229

37,4

Sony Xperia T

4839

6925

60,1

HTC One X

4848

11024

47,4

Internet and Connectivity:

The browser on the Xperia SL is decent because of the dual-core processor that renders scripts and pages quite fast, and also because of the very high pixel density of the display. Adobe Flash is supported, but not installed out of the box, and you can't find the latest Flash Player 11 version in the Play Store now, so you'd have to sideload it, if you need Flash for some reason.

The browser on the Sony Xperia SL

The Xperia SL sports a 14.4Mbps HSPA+ radio and takes microSIM cards only. It also sports the usual Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, A-GPS, FM Radio, NFC, DLNA and has an HDMI-out port for hooking up a TV. The DLNA wireless streaming function is managed by the Connected devices app, as usual. The LiveWare app that allows you to program which application to launch when you insert various accessories to the phone is also here - you can tell it to start the music player when you plug headphones in, for example.

Actually no 7 is perhaps right
SL pros
1. The best display in the market.
2. A very good camera.
3. Beautiful design.
4. Andorid ICS

Cons
1. 18 month old processor which when combined with Sony's custom UI makes for a horrible experience. You will need to root and install an AOSP build to bring it to usable.
2. Made of plastic... so build quality is not great.
3. Non-replaceable battery + no sd card slot...

19.XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)

7.5 - 8 at the most i can understand this coming from PA....... i guess knowing that they are usually wayy off its "ok"...............long as they dont try and give the TX and V something like this im good

"In that sub-$450 price range you can't find many phones with the Xperia SL specs, so Sony is doing the right thing to attract customer attention towards what would otherwise be considered a lame upgrade." Than too just 7....not done!!!

Let us hope the upcoming Nexus from SONY will get more than four stars (out of five)... SONY please bring an android phone with Xenon flash... There is very less competition for great camera phones in whole of the Android world...

PROS
1. Outstandingly attractive , I hear ppl saying check out the cell it so expensive you know
2. Super camera , but you need to know how to use the features apart from selecting the AUTO scene , if you can set your own req by changing the snap feature it can give you more then excellent results.
3. SOLID body
4. 32 GB is more then ENOUGH , so stop winning if it does not have an external SD card, i mean who needs more then THAT..lol
5. Great hands free which lots of Manufacturers like SAMSUNG Iphone SUCK at , come one you buy a 4-5 grand cell phone and you get those lame ass hands free ??
6. HD dsiplay
7. Perfect Video recording
8. Super Fast

Conns
1. Viewing angle is not that great
2. Battery not that good

One thing I love after buying a Sony is not everyone has it so you stand out in the crowd with your device and make other jealous, I dont know why ppl dont like the invisible strip, to me that was the main reason for buying SL, it makes it very Unique.

Sony Xperia SL is awesome phone. I am using this phone. The 3 thaings I love about this phone is it's display, processor and camera quality. This phone has a superb dispaly of 720 x 1280 px. It's processor is dual core of 1.7 GHz along with 1GB RAM. There are dual camera facility in this phone. Rear camera is of 12 MP Pixels Camera (4000x3000 Pixels) with Auto Focus and LED Flash and there is anothor camera in front of 1.3 MP.

I bought this phone at Rs. 23,000, but now this is available at Rs. 20,000 only at 91mobiles.com.

i bought this phone 5 months ago(got a great value deal from Amazon from price-hunt.com) its an amazing phone but only drawback i that it gets hang when u open message apps as I tend to install lot of apps which require some RAM for them to run constantly in the background.

To all the people looking for a good phone can go for this.
Awesome Camera, not doubt
HD videos clarity is wonderful (bravia engine)
can play all the HD games
Supports maximum apps available in play store

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